so sad I read this topic
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/many-cryptocurrency-players-have-gone-bankrupt-4655417
this is the result of their greed, yesterday's hash warfare.
Whales when exit the market it creates a panic in the market and thus prices crash badly because they sell huge quantity at a time . We need to avoid at times false rumours too when this media sometimes does not understand what the government or top people have said and interpret it wrongly creating false impression in the market .
Whales has got big money and they can buy huge amount of coins and whenever they dump their coins it will affect the market heavily. Whales are definitely the cause and whenever they start buying back, you will see the market going up again. I do see many people are blindly following legendary people who are usually speculate about lower markets when whales and this kind of people working together, may bring any low too.